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Posted on 25 February 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3493-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
February 25, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : xerces-c
CVE ID : CVE-2016-0729
Debian Bug : 815907
Gustavo Grieco discovered that xerces-c, a validating XML parser library
for C++, mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents,
resulting in buffer overflows during processing and error reporting.
These flaws could lead to a denial of service in applications using the
xerces-c library, or potentially, to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.1.1-3+deb7u2.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xerces-c packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
